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The death of a 19-year-old found slumped in his cell a day after he was jailed on charges of running over and killing a police officer has been ruled a homicide, the authorities said. The Maryland Medical Examiner ruled that the death of the inmate,...

Even some conservatives are embarrassed now by the way Senator John Ashcroft killed the nomination of Ronnie White to be a federal judge. He told his Republican colleagues that Judge White, of the Missouri Supreme Court, had shown ''a tremendous bent...

The Senate Judiciary Committee listened raptly today as Judge Ronnie White of Missouri recounted how he was astonished to learn in 1999 that John Ashcroft had derailed his chance to be a federal judge at the last minute by asserting that he was...

Following are excerpts from a Senate hearing yesterday at which Judge Ronnie White of the Missouri Supreme Court discussed the role of John Ashcroft in blocking his nomination for a federal judgeship, as recorded by The New York Times. He was...

As John Ashcroft faces a crucial week of hearings into his selection as President-elect George W. Bush's attorney general, both supporters and opponents view his record on civil rights and race as the issue most crucial to whether he is confirmed by...

We keep hearing that George W. Bush's choice for attorney general, John Ashcroft, is a man of honor, a stalwart when it comes to matters of principle and integrity. Former Senate colleagues are frequently quoted as saying that while they disagree...

Senator John Ashcroft of Missouri is on the extreme right of American politics. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee he worked to block the confirmation process, without a hearing, of any judicial nominee he suspected of the faintest liberal...

There have been contemptible Congresses before, and historians can argue about which was worst. But I remember none in modern times as dismal as the one now sitting, the 106th Congress. It has set new records in cynicism and hypocrisy. The...

November 9, 1999, Tuesday

Just when it seemed the judicial confirmation process in the Senate had reached a nadir, Republicans this week set a new low. By a strict party-line vote, they rejected a mainstream candidate for a Federal district judgeship in Missouri, Ronnie...

The Senate rejected one of President Clinton's nominees for Federal court judgeships today, voting along party lines after a bitter debate over whether the Missouri judge was too reluctant to vote for the death penalty. The senators voted 54 to...